The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-01
The MEMPHIS BRIDGE.
ANOTHER BILL AUTHORIZING
ITS CONSTRUCTION
introduced by Mr.. POindexter Dunn,
OF Arkansas-The Memphis Com.
mlttee Must Hurry Up.
MASSACHUSETTS, ON THE COD
FISH BUSINESS.
Tennessee's Endorsement Of the Col.
Ored Exposition to be Held
at Birmingham, Ala.
ESPECIAL TO THE APPEAL.l

ESPECIAL TO TIE APPEAL.I
BUREAU OF THE MEMPHIS APPEAL.
No 1906 F STREET, WAsHINGToN, d.
@, January 3l.-Rapresentative Dunn,
of Arkansas, today introduced a bill
to "crests body corporate to be
known and sty led the Memphis Bridge
C)mpsny," which shall be compo ed
of eleven incorporators, who are to be
chosen aud appointed by each OF tho
following named railroad com panies,
namely: The Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad C)mpany, the Bald
Knob extension of the IRON Mountain
Railroad Company, the Memphis, Ar
kansas and Kansas Railroad Company,
tue Kansas City, Springfield and Mem
phis r ilload Company, the Memphis
| and Southern Pacific Riilroad Com
pany, the Mississippi and Tennessee
Rlilroad Company, the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company, the
Memphis snd Charleston Railroad
COMPANY, tie Newport News and Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad Company, the
Memphis Brunswick and Atlantic
Railroad Company, aud the Memphis
and Nashville Railroad Comp iny. Il
author US this body so consti-
tnted to bridge the Mississippi at
some suitable point between Memphis
and Hope6eld, Ark, the bridge to be
sixty-tive eet above higl water mark,
rendering a draw unnecessary. Any
other railroad company, whose rail-
road shall be constructed or extended
to Memphis or Hop field, is to have
the right 10 pant cipate in the owner.
ship OF the bridge on paying its pro
rata cost of the bridge.
Mr.. Dunn told your correspondent
that he introduced this measure in
order t. prevent the proposed bridge
from being placed in the hands of one
company, who would exact extortion-
ate rates from other companies, SO
forming regular customs house, the
proceeds OF which could not enter the
United States Treasury. He charac-
terized the Senate bill now pending as
the "most audacious attempt to take a
charter away from one company and
give it to another that he has ever
SEEM"
Tennessee members declared that
Mr.. Dunn had introduced the bill
simply as blind; that he had no
intention of trying to secure it's
passage; that he was working in the
interest Of the original incorporators
for the purpose OF helping them to
make money; that he had several
times appeared before the Commerce
Committee in support of the original
charter.
MR.. BARKsDALE INTRODUCED BILLS
for the relief of Mrs. P. r. Sheppard
for $4405 and of Mrs. A. A. Brabster
for $4,000 for horses and stores fur
nished by them to the Union armies
in Mississippi during the late war.
MR.. PETTIBoNE
to pension Elizabeth Burke, widow of
Michael Wbalen, late private in Com.
pany B, Fourth Tennessee Volunteers,
as guardian for the minors of her late
husband.
Mr.. Dunn
PRESENTED A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
of the Arkansas Legislature renewing
request to the Arkansas members 10
use every honorable influence to have
the $67 100000 of cotton tax collected
from the several cotton States re.
funded TO the States from which it
WIS collected accordingly the number
OF bales Of cot on produced in each
Sta in the year the tax was collected.
La reporting the House bill to pro-
vide for
mamma rrpus On rup r,Ntrpn eu.nrs
COURTS
at Texatkana, Ark, Senator Eimunds
offered sn amendment authoriz ng the
Circuit Judge for the circuit in which
the Eastern District of Arkansas lie
situated to order special terms, not
exceeding two in each year, at his dis
CIetion, at the city Of Texarksna.
THE CHATTANOOGA BRIDGE.
The House bill to authorized the con-
s'ruCtion of bridge across the Ten
nessee river at or near Chattanooga
was reported 10 the Senate today 6y
Mr.. Conger vito amendments. the
most important of which are that the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Company is particularly named, in
stead of "any corporation existing or
which may be organized" as it reads
in the original, and that all privileges
conferred by the bill will become null
and void unless the bridge is com.
menced within two years and COM
pleted within four years.
SENATOR BERRY
introduced the concurrent resolution |
OF the Arkansas Legislature urging
the passage OF the H tch bill for the |
establishment Of agricultural expert
mental stations.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR
to the Senate recon-
mendation to appropriate $4,000 for |
the improvement of the Coosa river,
about twenty.four miles below Green's
port, Ala.
nc LAG9oRN,
editor Ct the Tri. COuniy News, hiss
been appoint'd 10 q position IN the
Government Printing Office.
AT TIE CHINESE MINISTER'S
BALL.
Much comment here and elsewhere
has been caused by the reports Of the
disgraceful conduct of maOy Of those
present at the ball at the Chinese Min
Ister's on Tuesday night last. An au.
thorit itive statement hes been OBJ
tanned in regard to the matter. The
Minister thinks that perhaps he is
to blame for the proceed.
Ings referred to because he relaxed bis
rule as to Invitations. He had a GER
tain number Of invitations prepared
and sent out only to those in official
and social life whom he considered
we're entitled to that courtesy, and
these included only such as those with
whom he had exchanged calls. After
The invitations were exhausted, he